Nature Communications (May 2019)

A high-throughput screen indicates gemcitabine and JAK inhibitors may be useful for treating pediatric AML

  • Christina D. Drenberg,
  • Anang Shelat,
  • Jinjun Dang,
  • Anitria Cotton,
  • Shelley J. Orwick,
  • Mengyu Li,
  • Jae Yoon Jeon,
  • Qiang Fu,
  • Daelynn R. Buelow,
  • Marissa Pioso,
  • Shuiying Hu,
  • Hiroto Inaba,
  • Raul C. Ribeiro,
  • Jeffrey E. Rubnitz,
  • Tanja A. Gruber,
  • R. Kiplin Guy,
  • Sharyn D. Baker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09917-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Pediatric AML is traditionally treated with chemotherapy and stem cell transplant but some subsets of patients have a poor response to therapy. Here, the authors perform a high throughput screen and identify several FDA approved drugs that might be useful in treating this disease.